This assignment was entitled "Typographic Portraits". We were required to represent personality with typography. It should be quite self explanatory. Again, my drawing skills are lacking, but again I enjoyed the assignment.
Each rectangle says "My name is Scott and I..." From left to right, top to bottom, the type is meant to represent: am a chameleon; have the hiccups; am a truck driver; am a professional footballer; am a chef; have a headache; am a gender illusionist; am a meteorologist. Some of the drawings are quite faint. Apologies.

This learning activity required us to "convey meaning by using simple shapes and space." It was an enjoyable challenge, especially as my free-hand drawing skills are not the best. We were given six words to represent with black squares, then were also asked to provide examples of business cards or advertisements demonstrating those words. This is how I interpreted the assignment.

The business cards, from top to bottom, are representative of the words: bold; congested; increase; order; playful; tension.

Here is my assignment 'Use The Scanner To Tell A Story". My image is very dodgy, quality wise, and the objects I have selected are a bit literal for my liking. I've had a lot of trouble with equipment. I don't have a decent scanner, and had to use a friend's. Once I returned home I realised I hadn't saved my first go at this image. So I've used a junky old scanner that my parents were throwing out. This is what I came up with. I'm not impressed. But I am very much a beginner, and there is definitely room for improvement!!

The requirement was just to use the scanner to tell a story. I read - or misread - it as tell a story about yourself. That is why I've picked really obvious objects which point to aspects of my personality or activities. However, I now realise I could have told a story about anything. Must think more laterally!

Oh this is sad news. It was only while browsing now for imagery from designers who have inspired me that I discovered that the first designer I was truly aware of, Eiko Ishioka, passed away earlier this year. When I was a teenager there was not a film that seduced me more than 'Bram Stoker's Dracula', directed by the great Francis Ford Coppola. It was Ms Ishioka's Academy Award-winning costumes which floored me most of all (I gave her a standing ovation in my loungeroom at the age of 15!). She also collaborated with one of my favourite director's Tarsem Singh on his first (and so far only) four films: The Cell; The Fall; Immortals; and the upcoming Mirror Mirror. And she also directed one of my all-time favourite music videos: Bjork's 'Cocoon'. I adore her work.

It's no secret to anyone knows me that, apart from my family & friends, I draw most of my inspiration - creatively & emotionally - from the singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It is her music which is her genius, but she has also been the subject of some beautiful images, such as these.

I had an ECG at the RHH last Wednesday. When I asked for a copy of the print-out - to use in my visual diary - the cardiologist looked at me like maybe I should be seeing the neurologist instead...

Dongles are very frustrating. I was filling out the interests section in my profile, noting dozens of my favourite books, films and musical artists, when my connection dropped out and I had to start again. This time I decided to choose only five of each and hope they are representative. No doubt I won't be able to help myself from adding to them further down the track.

I have created this blog as part of the graphic arts course I am currently studying. I am completely inexperienced in the world of blogs, so am looking forward to a steep learning curve this year.

I have previously been more concerned with the written word, having studied Professional Writing & Editing at RMIT in Melbourne, and continuing on with screenwriting (receiving development funding from Film Victoria and Screen Tasmania). Having suffered from a form of writer's block for a number of years - not to mention the lack of job opportunities in creative writing - I thought it might be stimulating to try something new, but hopefully relevant.

This blog will make it clear to all and sundry whether or not I've made the right decision!